GEORGE W. CAMPBELL

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FULL NAME:
George Washington Campbell

BORN:
February 9, 1769,
Tongue, Sutherlandshire, Scotland

DIED:|
February 17, 1848 (age 79)
Nashville, Tennessee

EDUCATION:
Princeton University (1794)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:

1772:
Immigrated to North Carolina 
1803-1809:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1809-1811:
Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals
1811-1814:
U.S. Senator from Tennessee
February- October 1814:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 
1815-1818:
U.S. Senator from Tennessee 
1818-1821:
U.S. Minister to Russia 
1831:
Member of the French Spoliation Claims Commission

SOURCES: 
U.S. House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of the Treasury
Tennessee Encyclopedia
Wikipedia

PORTRAIT:

Artist: Freeman Thorp (Treasury Department Portrait)